Exterior view of the public school in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874 and used until 1938-39. The two-story brick building, which has seven large classrooms and accomodated four hundred children, was also a center for many civic activities. The building includes a central section with a gable, a large double window with a rounded pediment, "Public School 1874" carved into stones set into the brickwork, a belltower, and flagpole. A wrecked automobile and a large machine sit in the yard, which is loosely enclosed with an irregular, weathered wooden fence. Tree branches in the foreground frame the central tower; other buildings along Taos Street and the mountain are behind.

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Formerly MO83.; Penciled on back of photoprint: "The Public School. Built in 1874, this handsome structure is today a junkyard. Proposed as a national Educational Museum, along with the Fourth Ward School at Virginia City, Nevada, the Georgetown structure has steadily declined while the farther west building has been restored and constitutes a handsome and important sturcture in Virginia City's revival." Hand-written in ink: "Georgetown Public School, 1951 (in use until 1938-39) Georgetown, Colorado."; Photoprint has tape adhesive on back.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100013012

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